Required under Senate Bill 3 adopted during the 87th Texas Legislature, the new “Emergency Pricing Program” rules address two interworking pricing caps in the ERCOT wholesale power market. ________________________________________________ The PUC has adopted new rules...
The “Southern Spirit Transmission” project calls for the construction of a new 400-mile transmission line across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. ________________________________________________ Aplan to link ERCOT to the eastern electric grid has drawn renewed...
Dubbed the Energy Storage Resources” or “ESR” dashboard, the new online resource displays previous day and current day real-time information about discharging, charging, and net output from battery storage. ________________________________________________ An online...
Oncor credited the $62 million year-over-year increase to additional customer consumption due to warmer weather, transmission and base rate hikes, and interim Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (“DCRF”) adjustments. ________________________________________________...
The consulting firm calculated that crypto mining operations currently require at least 1,787 megawatts of electricity to serve their consumption needs, which equates to 2.2 percent of ERCOT’s overall base-load. ________________________________________________ Crypto...
KRIS 6 NEWS: ERCOT CEO discusses reliability and challenges for the power grid Oct. 23 — If they didn’t before, many learned about the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or better known as ERCOT, in February 2021. When ERCOT’s power grid failed during a...
